JPH08333271A - Antiviral mask - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily obtain on an industrial scale a mask maintaining high catching performance, capable of deactivating virus and preventing the virus from scattering again, by attaching a tea extract component onto nonwoven fabric. CONSTITUTION: This mask is made up of nonwoven fabric 2 with tea extract component attached thereto and a pair of strings 103 stuck on the selvedges of the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric 2 is produced by the following process: an extract component separated and purified from a green tea or black tea component is dissolved in pure water, and nonwoven fabric is immersed in the resultant aqueous solution and then lightly dehydrated and dried.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention highly collects viruses floating in the air, inactivates the collected viruses, and prevents infectious viruses from entering the human body. It concerns anti-virus masks that provide prevention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, influenza virus, which is a pathogenic virus for colds, has caused an epidemic by air infection or droplet infection in a place where many people gather, and this influenza virus is collected, inactivated, and infected. There is a demand for the development of an anti-virus mask that prevents a powerful virus from entering the human body and prevents a cold.

Conventionally, as a method for inactivating viruses, there is virus inactivation by irradiation with ultraviolet rays.

Further, the size of the virus is very small, about 0.1 μm, and it is considered that the virus is dissolved in water, dust, etc., or floats while adhering thereto. Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG.
01 is composed of a non-woven fabric 102 and a string 103 to be hooked on the ear. If a high-performance filter, a medium-performance filter, or an electret filter is used for the non-woven fabric 102 like the mask 101, viruses cannot be collected. It was possible.

[0005]

In such a conventional method, it is possible to collect the virus, but there is a virus having infectivity in the filter, and the virus can be caught by coughing or sneezing. There was a problem of scattering and getting into the human body by breathing.

Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to use it for an ordinary mask because it is harmful to the human body like ultraviolet rays.

Further, although it is possible to collect on the non-woven fabric 102 of the mask 101, when there are living cells etc., they can be propagated on the non-woven fabric 102 and the virus can be re-dispersed with infectivity. There was a problem that there is a nature.

Further, after wearing the mask 101, there is a problem that the infectious virus collected in the mask 101 due to coughing or sneezing may be scattered.

[0009] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, can be easily produced industrially, inactivates viruses collected in a nonwoven fabric, and prevents infectious viruses from entering the human body. The first object is to provide an anti-virus mask for preventing a cold.

A second object is to provide an anti-virus mask which has improved collection performance and prevented scattering of infectious virus.

A third object is to provide an antivirus mask in which the mask replacement time and life are made clear by making the mask surface white.

[0012] A fourth object is to provide an antiviral mask for separating and purifying tea polyphenol from an extract component of tea and inactivating the virus trapped in the mask by a more effective virus inactivating agent. is there.

[0013] A fifth object is to provide an anti-virus mask in which the odor of the extract component of tea is prevented and the bad breath is made odorless by providing a deodorant.

[0014]

The first means for achieving the first object of the present invention comprises a non-woven fabric impregnated with a tea extract component.

A second means for achieving the second object is to attach the tea extract component to an electret filter.

A third means for achieving the third object is to provide a white non-woven fabric on the front stage.

A fourth means for achieving the fourth object is to use tea polyphenol as the tea extract component.

The fifth means for achieving the fifth object is to provide a deodorizing filter in the subsequent stage.

[0019]

With the constitution of the first means of the present invention, the non-woven fabric impregnated with the tea extract component can inactivate the virus and prevent the cold.

Further, by the constitution of the second means, the collecting performance can be improved by the characteristic of the permanent electrification of the electret, and the scattering from the mask can be prevented.

Further, with the configuration of the third means, it is possible to make clear the replacement time of the mask by the change in the color of the surface of the white non-woven fabric due to the collection of dust.

Further, by the constitution of the fourth means, the tea extract component can be produced industrially easily by using tea polyphenol as a virus inactivating agent, and the virus inactivating performance can be improved. is there.

Further, according to the constitution of the fifth means, by providing the deodorant, the odor from the mask and the odor of breathing air can be made odorless.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. The same parts as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The anti-virus mask 1 is composed of a non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with a tea extract component and a string 103 to be attached to the ear.

The non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component is prepared by dissolving the extract component separated and purified from the green tea or black tea component in pure water to prepare an aqueous solution of 0.1 to 10%, and the aqueous solution has dust collecting performance. The nonwoven fabric was dipped, lightly dehydrated and dried.

In the above structure, when a person wears the anti-virus mask 1, the air containing the influenza virus is sent to the nonwoven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component by the person's respiration (not shown). At this time, the influenza virus is trapped in the non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component, inactivated, and only clean air is sent to the human body by respiration.

The influenza virus collected on the nonwoven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component is inactivated by the tea extract component. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the active influenza virus from re-scattering from the anti-virus mask 1 while maintaining the infectivity, invading the human body, and preventing the human body from being infected with the influenza virus.

Further, the non-woven fabric of the non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component includes a medium performance filter, a high performance filter and a HEP.
It is possible to use a filter material having an equivalent collection performance such as A filter.

The nonwoven fabric may be used so as to cover the nonwoven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component. It should be noted that other than the strap 103 in the ear of the conventional example, any material capable of fixing the non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extraction component so as to cover the mouth and nose may be used.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, instead of the non-woven fabric 2, an electret filter 3 having tea extract components attached thereto.
Is provided.

In the above structure, the influenza virus highly trapped in the electret filter 3 impregnated with the tea extract component is inactivated by the tea extract component.
Therefore, the active influenza virus can be prevented from invading the human body while maintaining the infectivity by the anti-virus mask 1, and the virus infection to the human body can be prevented.

Further, as a feature of the electret filter 3, as compared with the nonwoven fabric 2, when the same thickness and the same areal weight are obtained,
It is lightweight and can efficiently collect suspended dust, and can highly collect viruses attached to suspended dust.

The above was confirmed using an apparatus for confirming virus collection. At this time, the electret filter showed the best result in collecting the virus.

Even if a cold person wearing the anti-virus mask 1 speaks out, the electret filter 3 impregnated with the tea extract component collects the influenza virus discharged from the human body, and Influenza virus is inactivated by the extracted components. As a result, the influenza virus is not sent to other human bodies, and the secondary infection cold is prevented.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with a tea extract component or a white non-woven fabric 4 is provided in front of the electret filter 3 and laminated.

In the above-mentioned structure, the dust of the air containing the influenza virus is collected by the white non-woven fabric 4 by respiration, and the influenza virus contains the non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component or the electret filter 3
Captured, inactivated, and only clean air is sent to the human body.

By stacking the white non-woven fabric 4 on the anti-virus mask 1, the virus-collecting performance of the anti-virus mask 1 is increased. Inactivated by the ingredients. Therefore, it is possible to further prevent the active influenza virus from being transmitted to the human body while maintaining the infectivity as compared with the antiviral mask 1, and to prevent the virus infection to the human body.

Further, the tea extraction component is used as the non-woven fabric 2 or
When attached to the electret filter 3, the color changes to the color of the extracted component of tea. The color of the tea extract has no cleanliness,
A clean feeling can be given by the white non-woven fabric 4.

The white non-woven fabric 4 includes an electret filter, a medium performance filter, a high performance filter and a HEP.
An A filter can be used.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The tea polyphenol component of the tea extract component includes epigallocatechin garde, epicatechin garde, epigallocatechin, epicatechin (+) catechin and isomers,
These are substances of free theaflavin, theaflavin monogallate A, theaflavin gallate B, and theaflavin digallate.

As shown in the first, second and third embodiments, the virus inactivating ability can be added to the antivirus mask 1 by attaching it to the antivirus mask 1.

Further, since the tea extract component has impurities, the purified tea polyphenol efficiently inactivates the influenza virus, which can be easily produced industrially, and the virus inactivating performance is improved. You can

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, a white non-woven fabric 4 is provided in front of the non-woven fabric 2 or the electret filter 3 impregnated with a tea extract component, and a deodorizing filter 5 is provided in the back of the non-woven fabric 2.

In the above structure, the dust of the air containing the influenza virus is collected by the white non-woven fabric 4 by breathing, and the influenza virus contains the non-woven fabric 2 impregnated with the tea extract component or the electret filter 3
The deodorizing filter 5 removes the odor of air that has been collected, inactivated, and contains influenza virus, and only clean and odorless air is sent to the human body.

By stacking the deodorizing filter 5, the smell of tea generated from the non-woven fabric 2 having the tea extract component attached thereto or the electret filter 3 having the tea extract component attached thereto is removed.

[0047]

As is apparent from the above examples, according to the antiviral mask of the present invention, the non-woven fabric impregnated with the tea extract component can inactivate the virus collected in the non-woven fabric, and the infectivity It is possible to provide an anti-virus mask that prevents re-scattering of a certain virus and prevents the virus from entering the trachea when breathing, which is a great practical effect.

Further, by providing the electret filter, it is possible to provide an anti-virus mask capable of further improving the virus collecting performance.

Also, by stacking white non-woven fabrics, the number of non-woven fabrics of the anti-virus mask is increased, so that the collection performance is improved and the life is further extended. Anti-virus mask that can be provided.

Further, by limiting the tea extract components, it is possible to reduce impurities in the tea extract components, to easily manufacture them industrially, and to provide an antivirus mask with improved virus inactivating performance.

By providing a deodorizing filter,
It is possible to provide an anti-virus mask in which the odor from the mask and the odor of breathing air are made odorless and halitosis is prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an antivirus mask according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the antivirus mask of the second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an anti-virus mask of the third embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the anti-virus mask of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional mask.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Anti-virus mask 2 Non-woven fabric impregnated with tea extract component 3 Electret filter with tea extract component 4 White non-woven fabric 5 Deodorizing filter

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masahiko Hara 3-1-20 Nihombashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An antiviral mask comprising a non-woven fabric impregnated with a tea extract component. 2. An antivirus mask comprising an electret filter impregnated with a tea extract component. 3. The antiviral mask according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a white non-woven fabric is provided at the front stage. 4. The antiviral mask according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the tea extract component is tea polyphenol. 5. The antiviral mask according to claim 1, wherein a deodorizing filter is provided in the subsequent stage.